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L PASO HERALD
Cable News, Sport
and Classified Section
Cable News, Sport.
and Classified Section
WEEK-EHD EDITION, MAY 8-9, 192a
ANGLO-FRENCH QUARREL IS ROW OVER OIL
IXTEEN COUNTRIES
THAT FOUGHT KAISER
JOIN WORLD LEAGUE
Ten Former German Foes Bemain Outside; Present i
last Includes 13 Neutrals, Giving League Membership
of 29; Sleeting in June to Act On Applications of
Others; Treasury Has Funds to Carry On Work, i
fONDON, Eng., May 8. -The league of nations ttxky has a membership i
of 29 nabobs, counting the British empire as one nation, while 1 1 coun-1
Ines who were at war with Germany have not yet become supporters of the
covenant
OjF the 29 members, 13 comprise neutral states who have accepted the
invitation in the treaty of Versailles to declare their adhesion to the league.
Hut Leun Membcra.
Tne following powers who were at
v-ar wim Germany nave ratified tbe
ersaiUes treaty, and hence become
i ret members of the league
Belgium, Brazil, British Empire.
including Canada, Australia, South
African onion, New Zealand, India,
Czecho -Slovakia, France, Guatemala,
Italy, Japan, Liberia, Panama, Pern,
Poland, Si am. Uruguay, Greece, Por
tugal The thirteen neutral states which
nae Joined the league are
Argentine, Chili, Columbia, Den
mark, Netherlands, Norway, Para
guay, Persia, Salvador, Spain, Swe
den Switzerland. Venezuela,
Thus twelve of the league's mem
bc-5 are situated in the new world.
SOU Oataide Fold.
Nations which were at war -with
Germany but have not yet ratified
the treaty of Versailles, and hence
are not members of the league, are
as follows'
United States, China, Cuba, Euca
dor, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ru
mania (who shortly intends to), Ser
bia. Hedjaz, the new Arabian king
dom). As soon the above nations ratify
the treaty they automatically be
come members of the league.
Four or fire other nations, such as
Esthonia and Finland, have peti-,
Noted London Beauty to
Act in the "Movies"
London. Eng, Mav 8 Lady Eden.
regarded as one of the most beautiful
women in England is to act for the
' izovies, according; to an announce
ment made recentlv
Her portrait, as typical of English
beauty, has bees painted by a number
of well know,n artists and It was one
of her pictures that led to a dispute
with Whistler, which was fought out
in the Paris law courts. Her lata
husband. Sir William Eden, who died
in 1913, was a very talented amateur
artist.
For her -work in the -war. Lady
Eden wax created an Officer of the
British Empire and a Lady of Grace
of Ine Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
She lost two eons in the war and her
third son. Sir Timothy Eden, who was
studying in Berlin at the outbreak of
hostilities, was interned. Her only
daughter. Lady Brooke, is the wife
of the heir of the earldom of War
Tck. Bushy Eyebrows Return
to Favor in Paris
Pang, Franc Hay S Wails they
pulling them out n America, they're
sticking and scorning them on In
Farls.
Thia refer, to eyebrows. The Paris
hairdressers are beloc besleg-ad by
women who want tonics guaranteed
to make their eyebrows long and
heavy One enterprising coiffeur ad
vertise, that he will due on artifi
cial eyebrows warranted to stick for
at least 24 hours, for eight francs.
Paris Males Balk at
English Cuff Ruffles
Paris, France. May S. No man will
wear ruffles on his evening shirt in
Paris, at least tnia summer. A
Fmart snop on the Avenue de FOpera
tried to boost the fashion by exhibit
ing: in Us windows a lot sent over
from England with two wide lace
ruffles which overlapped the lapels
of the coat. The crowds that gath
ered about those windows guffawed
the thing: out of Farls.
Bequeaths Fortune to
Homeless Animals
London. Eng:., Hay 8 Dr. Ernest
V. Cottle, famous skin specialist,
tl-ed here recently and his will gives
$450,000 to feed homeless domestic ani
mals and protect them from harm at
the hands of men.
AIRPLANE JOYRXDKR" ARRESTED.
London, Eng; . May 8 Claude
JofUs Le Champion is being: prose
cuted in police court for "Jo riding"
in an airplane, the first case of its
kind, being: based on his alleged fail
ure to procure & license or carry Brit
ish markings.
Modern Girls Face Certain Disaster;
"flappers " Called SaddestType Of All
LONDON, Eng, May 8 "Girls with
no aim in lif hut to walk up
and down the streets, satisfied if
they can get enough money to take
them to picture palaces and keep
them supplied with high heeled
shoes.""
This was the indictment delievered
by Miss N de SDva against the mod
ern girl of the middle class. Miss de
Sllva is the wife of Martin Harvey,
the actor, and She herself is high In
the play world.
She was speaking on the subject
of "Women's Work" at a meeting in
Brandford of the People's League
and Housewives union when she so
strongly arraigned the modern young
girl. Other points she made were
Shore in Public Life.
"Now women are taking a larger
share in public life thej must take
care that thes do not lose in their
emancipation and the knowledge that
they could organise, the very thing
v.-hlch In the past had been the back
bone of England their love of home.
"These little girls the type of
v omanhood Known a.s tuc flapper
ralf cbild'vn nd hnf women have
Iku ie - - ost i tMv of tins gtnpia
ion a -i& 1- is oof of tne saddest
t pes trls country has eer known
T-t do nothing and are of no uae,
en centra-;' ih-y do lrcalculable
tloned to become members, but no
action can be taken until president
Wilson has summoned the first as
sembly of the body of delegates,
when their cases will be put to a
vote. A two-thirds vote of the mem
bership the voting1 membership at
present being J4 nations, counting1
the British empire as six nations
is required to vote a petitioning- na
tion into membership.
League Has Credited Balance.
The expenses of the league are de
frayed pro-rata, according tc size of
the nations, as shown by the last
International postal agreement. The
league at present has a credit bal
ance in Its treasury and more than
half the sum asked for by the ratify
ing" powers to carry on the work of
ih league nas neen patd in. At the
Rome meeting: the financial condi
tion of the league will be made
public
o dextnue proposals have come
before the league's council yet for
transferrins activities to Geneva, as
provided by the treaty. This matter
will not do rushed, since the plebis
cite Is under way in Switzerland de
fining- conditions unde which Switz
erland enters the league.
In June there will be a meeting1 at
tome or national societies wnicb are
spreading' the go? pels of the cove
nant.
Bones of Palagonian
Dinosaurus Stolen
BLENOS AIRES, Argentina. May
8 Who stole the great Pata
gonian dinosaurus This is
a question the newspapers are
asking; and it is also a question
which Or. Carlos Ameghlno. direc
tor of the Buenos Aires museum of
-natural history, would like to have
answered. The dinosaurus, or
rather Its skeleton, was not stolen
from the museum, but from the soil
of Patagonia, near Neuquen, where
it was discovered by English engi
neers a year ago. They notified
Arthur Smith Woodward, natural
ist, of the British museum, who
communicated with Ir. Ameghlno.
When a party went to get the find,
it was discovered nothing was left
of the monster except a toe or so.
POLAND PRINTS
TOO MUCH CASH
BRITISH ASSERT
LONDON". Eng., May 8 A shlashlng
attack upon the business adminis
tration and reconstruction efforts
of Poland is contained in the Man
chester Guardian, which reflects the
views of British business men who
have endeavored to carry on com
merce with Poland, despite all diffi
culties. V
The chief charge Is that the Polish
government has been printing paper
money too fast and not building its
budget on sound principles, while
making" little effort to get industry
under way as it should be.
The Issue of Polish paper money
today amounts to 1LW.00,00 marks,
the Guardian says, equaling $S,20e
608,060 at pre-war values. But there
has been a terrible slump in the
Polish mark, being worth two for a
cent. The money of only two coun
tries Austria and Russia. are worth
less than that of Poland.
The Guardian regards the Polish
government as hopeless, since half
the members of the diet are peasants
and 65 of them illiterate, while the
Polish premier is an avowed Socialist.
The Guardian charges that Poland
Is spending too much money such as
it is on the army. In October, 1919,
the Polish war office spent 470,660,
660 marks, in November 571,666.606,
in December 006.066.666, and in Janu
ary last 1,606,066.060. besides a loan
of lSe.060,066 marks spent in Paris on
new army equipment.
harm. They do not qualify for
mothers or for wives and there is
nothing before them but disaster.
The streets of our towns are
crowded with these little girls, fif
teen and sixteen years of age, with
no aim at aJL For the most part they
do typing or serve in shops and they
Just endure these few hours of work
in order to be able to drees up and
walk about In the evenings.
Love For Home
In the wealthy classes we have
found exactly the same thing there
is no love for home and very little
respect for the parents. Their idea
of life Is teas and lunches in hotels
and smoking cigarettes. What does
It end in9 Misery and nothing else.
Smoking itself is not a harmful
thing, but when acquired as a fe
male habit is is a sign of general
looseness.
"Why should a girl smoke I have
never been able to find out. I have
had a pretty long experience and I
can count on my fingers the women
who smoke because they really like
it
I recotcnize that outh must ha
enough rct.rea.ijon anu pleasure
said Mrs Harve j i n conclusion,
' but it is the deeper things that matte-
mothers, fathers, homo life and
TOrfc"
Throngs Of
Try To Rush
A REMARKABLE photograph taken jast as a crowd of highly excited Sam Fein sympathizers tried to rush the
barbed wire barracks outside the Montjoy prison, Dublin, where several hundred Sinn Feiners are on a hun
ger stnke. The British troops with fixed bayonets succeeded m keeping the crowd off. Several people were injured
in the attempted rush.
IRISH TO FIGHT
AS LONG AS ANY
LEFT ON EARTH
Aruthur Griffith, Sinn Fein Of
ficial, Says Erin Will Gain
Her Freedom,
DUBLIN, Ireland, May S "Ireland
Is done forever with subservient
bargaining and will endure pa
tiently until she is reeognixed by
Great Britain and the world as a.
free and equal nation among nations."
Arthur Griffith, vice-president of the
Sinn Fein republic told a representa
tive of the Manchester Guardian.
"We fought the last general elec
tion on perfectly constitutional lines,
and the answer to it has been an
Intensification, of unconstitutional
persecution by the English ever since, i
xne result is taat xnsnmen nave lost
all care for their own lives and prop
erty. This means that they are
steeled for every sacrifice.
Thus, on one hand. Dublin castle
cannot break us, on the other hand,
the politicians cannot trick us.
"Irishmen .have no hostility to Eng
lishmen as such let the British army
of occupation be removed and we can
bo the best of friends."
Mr. Griffith expressed the opinion
that it was the Irish who beat the
peace treaty in the United States.
"French opinion," he said, "is
swinging around In Ireland's favor,
and in time England will see the
folly of giving the world such an ex
cellent stick to beat her with, for
the English policy has teen to drive
the Irish youth all over the world.
"If the English refuse to1 grant
Ireland independence, they -will have
to extirpate the Irish nation, and
they will have to do their extirpa
tion in the face of the world. Sinn
Fein has made the question an inter
national one and intends to keep It
so. We are determined to put presi
dent Wilson's niincinle of self
determination to the test and accept
nothing less than our ngnts.
Mr. Griffith nointed out that the
irtta were tne most patient people in
the world, had stood Dublin castle
misrule for generations, and would
stand it, if need be, for generations
more. He said that in TIpperary
alone 20.066 houses had been raided
and that deportation of Irishmen
without trial had stiffened Irish on-
position and patience beyond all cal
culation. "Kverv month of persecution tnat
ensues makes the impossibility of a
settlement more than obvious, he de
clared. "Sinn Feiners rely upon them
selves to win out through patience.
The name Sinn Fein properly trans
lated means self reliance. 'men,
too, we have a strong asset in the
growth of foreign detestation of Brit
ish imperialism.
France to Put Ban
on American Luxuries
Paris, France, May S. A new ban
on luxuries from America and other
countries is about to be imposed by
the French finance ministry- Silk
stockings, pianos, jewels and similar
artlclea. classed as "de luxe" wares.
are to be barred
Tne recent Doom in tne American
and British exports to France, tend
ing to lower exchange, makes It nec
essary, it is explained.
Bet 1 to 200 That
England Wont Go Dry
London, Eng, May 8- Brokers In
the city rate the possibility of Eng
land going dry at odds of 1 to 260.
A rate of ten shillings per 100
pounds, equivalent to one-half of one
percent, is quoted to cover insurance
against passage by a,., of parliament
within 12 months prohibiting sale of
alcoholic llquqors in this country.
Japanese Asfy Salary
Raise For Officials
Honolulu. T 1L May S. Auditors
of the Jaoanese government have
strongly recommended rasiing sala
ries of government officials to en
able them to cope with the high
cost of Iilng, according to a recent
Tokio cable to the Nippu JijL a
Japanese vernacular paper here.
One British Soldier
Remains Unidentified
London Eng May 8 Out of
the tit llions of PmlFjiern who fought
in tKt war onl one tolditr rinia'ns
unidentified lie is a private w ho lost
h's me-noo tprouih she 1 shok and
no trace can be found of hi3 u'a-tives.
Sinn Fein Sympathizers
Montjoy Prison In Dublin
City Planning Classes
Urged in All Colleges
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 8.
World wide legislation to
stop the "hideous deformity
of streets, parks, gardens and
plazas and to beautify all cities
was advocated at the first con
gress of architects which has Just
tlosed its sessions here. Repre
sentatives were present from all
South American countries as well
as from the United States. Classes
in "urbanisation" in universities
and special schools of architecture
were also proposed, a resolution
stating that these were Indispen
sable for the culture of the people.
BEIRUT NEEDS
PAINT; SHABBY
AND RUN DOWN
Syrian City Seems Beautiful
From Bay; Lacks
Sanitation.
By SIR PERCIYAL PHILLIPS.
BEIRUT, Syria, May sV-From the
deck of the Baron CaB the most
dilatory steamer that ever loafed
along the Syrian coast northward
from Port Said) Beirut was the fairest
picture of a town I had seen this side
of the desert. Which should have
been sufficient warning to expect tho
worst.
We elbowed our way Into the
crowded harbor and gazed hopefully
on her deceptive beauty. Tier upon
tier of white "houses rose steeply from
the water's edge; there were alluring
splashes of green among the rooftops,
ornate public buildings, church domes
and minarets, a background of steep
mountain slopes reaching skyward to
the snowy crest of Lebanon, lost in
drifting clouds. A desirable city In
deed, obviously outranking in alee
and splendor her competitors for the
rich trade of Syria.
When a brusque young lieutenant
of colonial infantry had stamped our
passports rejecting those not bear
ing the visa of bis consul at Port
Said we were at liberty to go ashore
and be disillusioned.
The mirage vanished like an Arab
Ian Nights' set at Drury Lane.
Remained only the usual dirty,
dust-ridden, down-at-heel city of the
east, crying out for fresh paint and
sanitation.
The city itself is as calm as London.
HOT KUL PflDBLEM IN. BERLIN;
STHEHUOUS UK III IttPP RULE
LONDON, Enp. H&y 8 Conditions
In Brlln during th short-lied
Kapp regime are graphically de
scribed In an article in the Daily Hall
by G Ward Price. ho declares that
foreigners in Berlin daring the "revo
lution were more concerned with the
problem of getting a warm meal than
with the political fortunes of the rival
factions.
"To moat of them. the article as
serts; "the political significance of
daily events was ooecura ana. lnaeea,
secondary. The newspaper corre
spondents, privileged In the posses
sion of their Ausweise, or passes of
which they held three daring the
week, according to the various
changes of government could go out
and pass the barriers of barbed wire,
armored cars machine guns and sol
diers armed to th teeth with rifles,
bayonets and bombs and would re
turn with the latest official report
from the foreign ministry or the
chancelors place and the latter ru
mor from th rorner of the ilhelm
strasse, which has been the crowded
forum of this week's political up
heaval. Hot Meal Chief Interest.
"It was their lob to trv to follow
the kaleidoscopic changes of the sit
uation from hour to hour ttu wnat
interested the rest of the foreigners
in Berlin far more than whether Kapp
as shot as a traitor or w hether
Trebitsch L. ncoln became German
emperor uas the speculation as to;
their charces ot getting a hoc meal
"TVar profiteers of the wealthiest
lurked in their sumptuous suites at
the Adlon. surrounded by all the lux
ury of gilded furniture and thick pile
carpets scooping potted meat out of
tins h Up lie-t t or a oii'di-v rinllp
aid surroui d-i i a rvol'mg lult-r,
o' unmad r-d" inuif'leti boots await
in; i 1 t i f, .ir d th" straps if the '
d btr - t-r ia a cold meals ciUl
o bs cleared ai
HOLY SEE WINS
NEW TRIAL IN
ANCIENT SUIT
Millions Left Church 130
Years Ago Still Remains
To Be Settled
ROME, Italy. May 8. In 1 78S a
wealthy prelate, Mgr. Varese,
died, leaving the bulk of his for
tune, which amounted to several mil
lions of lire, to the holy see and more
especially to the sacred congregation
of propaganda fide. The testator's
next of kin, count Clofl Degil Atti,
attacked the validity of the will, as
serting that Mgr. varese was not in
full possession of his mental facul
ties. An interminable lawsuit has been
going on ever since, with varying
fortune and vicissitudes, both parties
making every effort to establish their
claim to the Varese millions.
Things looked bad for tho holy see
when the court of appeals of Aqnila
pronounced a sentence in favor of
the pminaiffs, condemning the con
gregation of propaganda fide to the
restitution of the entire sum with
compound Interest since the year 1788.
It would have meant bankruptcy for
the holy see, but the latter had re
course to the supreme court of cassa
tion, which has now declared the
Aqnila sentence null and void, owing
to faulty procedure, ordering that the
lawsuit be again brought for dis
cussion before the court of appeals
of Bologna.
There is & formidable array of
counsel, the consistorial advocates
Santucci. Cammeo, Mussl and Pacelli
appearing for the congregation of
propaganda fide, and advocates Scia
rola. Trincherl and Soanlno for count
Clofl Degll Atti.
Tet beneath the busy routine of
every-day life you detect an air of
anxiety, a feeling of tension, of un
certainty tinged with apprehension.
The country is troubled, and so are its
pcouee.
The only patient people are the
poor, the starring poor. They take
with gratitude the doles of rice given
them by the kindly French, but they
seem to have little interest and less
hope In the future. They have suf
fered much. As I came back to my
dilatory steamer I saw little ragged
children hovering in the roadway. A
laden lorry dashed by at breakneck
speed. They darted Into the dust,
and when It had passed groped there
with eager hands. They were search
ing for grains of corn that might
nave laiien zrom tne nursling sacss.
"The waiters and chambermaids at
the Adlon did. indeed, oractice so
cialist reprisals upon their capitalist
patrons. Although on strike they
would come to the hotel every day
In plain clothes to gloat over the
havoc which their abstention from
work caused, and to spoil the Egyp
tians by charging them three marks
for the criviletre of boilintr an etre
on a methylated ctove in the floor
waiters pantry.
"While the Junker Government en
joyed It brief five days of power It
was the Bolshevists who were the
bogey of Berlin. Communist risinsr.
armed bands of -workmen red terror
sucn were tee alarms which ran
along the Linden. When the jankers
bolted It was their quondam sup
porters, the Baltic troops, who be
came the peril that kept people awake
at night. They will never consent
to evacuate the city,' said some.
There will be fighting in the
streets.'
Hooted as They Left.
"And then when they did go, hoot
ed by the crowd and replying with
splatters of machine gun fire as they
marched off. the neasimists began to
grophesy their early return to sack
erlin. Whenever a door banged
loudly or a motor car back-firedvSome
one would exclaim. The Baltikumsr
and when four of them did appear
again at the Brandenburg gate and
were promptly Killed Dy a bomo ana
bullets from the green police on duty
there, the Adlon nut itself in a- state
of siege. The gates were banged to,
the window shutters drawn down and
people who had not the faintest idea
of what was going on assured each
uuici uiai uic j3jii.iiLUUia wtir ai- i
tacking the eitv and that the explo- '
pion of the bomb was the burst of
thur tjrsi 8vili
nd now it se ms nn j 't w f e
at last all otr till ret t me Th
uffimun ? s ha not sacked Ce-iin
or established a Soviet rpul ic but
TALL BUILDINGS
HOOTED ATM
LONDON
Skyscraper Proposal Sug
gestion of Cemeteries
On the Koofs.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
JOKE EEVIVED, TOO
t
By TV. T. 3IALLABER
LONDON'. Bog, May 8. Will London
build skyward? That Is the ques
tion which is today agitating the
minds of architects and builders. At
a recent meeting of the Royal Insti
tute of British Architects the need of
higher buildings for London was the
great subject of discussion.
The london building act limits
buildings to a height of 80 feet ex
cept in special circumstances. It Is
to combat this limitation that the In
stitute went into a thorough discus
sion of the advanatges and otherwise
of tall buildings for business for
living purposes, and several promi
nent architects and travelers gave
their views.
Restrictions are Asked.
The president of. the society, J. W
Simpson, announced that he was In
favor of amending the present build
ing act. while Delissa Joseph, a very
well-known architect here, advocated
the erection of buildings 200 feet
high abutting on open spaces, around
parks and commons and along the
river front.
"This is the only solution of the
street traffic problem and the matter
of dearer fares on the car lines znd
underground." said Mr. Joseph. Lon
don la overflowing and bsHdrag must
take an upward tendency, especially
In tho central area.
Sir Martin Conway, who has at
tained much fame as an Alpine
climber, said that one day in New
Tork recentlv had converted him from
his former British prejudice against
the ! "skyscraper.'
"The higher the buildings the
greater the relief from noise, dust,
groundings and microbe s." said Sir
Martin. This will save the circum
ference of London from spreading
illtmltably over the counties
And Mountain Climbing.
I see no reason why huge build
ings could not be built In which ag
gregations of people could be more
comfortably housed than they are to
day. Each of these buildings could
be provided with- ts own cooperative
store Its- school, theater cinema -and
restaurant.
Tf London continues to grow at
Its present rate it will be impossible
for anything executing an expedition
to sret out of London.
The suggestion has, of course, not
yet made its appeal to the somewhat
stolid and conservative British mind.
One humorist has depicted the flat
life of the future In a building of
two thousand stories. Sir Martin
Conway has been depicted as planting
his alpenstock on the -Sith landing
of a New York skyscraper and. while
he indulged In his bottle of bass,
having all the thrills of an assault on
Mont Blanc.
Other humorists suggest that If a
registry office and a roof cemetery be
included all life's worries will be over
and there will be no need to seek
other fields from birth to death.
they have extorted concessions from
the old government which are a big
step on the way to something like
Bolshevism, and It probably will not
be long before the dwellers In the
Adlon which juts out so uncomfort
ably prominently Into the open space
between the Brandenburg gate and
tne unaen nave to put inemseives in
a state or siege again.
Japanese Educator
Decides to Live Life
of Hermit in Future
Toklo. Japan. Jfay 8. Kanae
Xkeda, director of the middle school
of Kara, suddenly disappeared a few
weeks ago leaving a letter stating
that he was dissatisfied with th
recent state of social affairs and de
termined to lead a hermit's life. Now
be has been discovered 1b a famous
Buddrt monastery leading the life
of a monk.
This is an incident snowing the
spread of the social unrest tn Japan.
The old national mentality has
greatly been modified since the war
and the authorities find it hard to
recruit sufficient officers for both
the navy and army as well as offi
cials f.r the diplomatic and consular
ser is commercial careers now
appeal more to young1 Japanese.
Polish Women Offer
Services to Country
Warsaw, Poland, May S. A
volunteer battalion of women is to
be formed by the Polish army for
duty in Warsaw and vicinity. Serv
ie is for six months and Is separate
from the women units which have
served at tne front, xne D&itauoc
is to have women officers and will
do patrol duty at barracks and other
places tons relieving men sotuiers
for more strenuous work.
American Honey Grottis
Popular in England
London. Eng, Stay 8. American
honey is becoming increasingly pop
ular in Great Britain. On account
of the shortage of sugar the English
people have taken readily to its use,
and it now seems probable that the
demand will continue even after
sugar again becomes plentiful. Dur
ing 191s the United States shipped
lsooo.Ooo DOimda of honey to the
TJntted Kingdom, the value being
British Mariners Bel
on Races by Wireless
London, Eng, May,S English sea.
captains are betting on the races
by wirelets. The first week of the
opening of flat racing brought a
number of turr transactions tiasnea
from the high seas, passengers, as
well as ship masters and officers, or
dering their bookmakers to place
bets on 1ie ones."
V svstem of flashing racing tips'
b radm being fast de eloped.
wH1TP STB.VU HATS J LOXDOX.
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English Consideration for Germany Is Due to Belief
That Paris Seeks New Eange of Exploitation; Mean
time IT. S. Is Asked to Take Armenian Mandate;
Where 1000-Barrel Gushers Are Not Discovered.
By JOHN LLOYD BALDERST0N.
T ONDON, Eng., May 8. The entente between. England and France has
been permanently ruptured.- Only the resurrection of Germany cs a
formidable military power could renew the spiritual bonds between London
and Paris, and this contingency cannot soon arise.
These dispatches have several times .explained the growing irritation
between the two great aBies and now that the tension has reached the
point of open quarrel on the occupation by the French of Frankfurt, the
last shred of unity has gone.
No doubt diplomacy w3 get busy and the superficial reconciliation
will take place, but the fundamental differences have gone too far to be
composed.
Aad Bexlla I, Hmppr.
Germany, of coarse, rejoices enor
'.aoaaly at tii tors events hare ta&en.
But. for tl present, she mar not
gain much from the Ang!oFrench
qnarreL Zt Is only Germany's weak
ness that has divided the allies; It
by a miracle she were to become
strong again, Britain and France
suddenly wonld discover that their
hearts beat as one.
The cable dispatches on this "Anglo
French crisis" have Inevitably given a
totally raise Impression of the Gitca
tion. This because both governments
have quarreled on pretexts. Neither
has avowed its real reelings or real
motives.
France was determined to strilce at
Germany on the first excuse, and even
seriously debated commencing as In
vasion in March because a prince
threw a champagne bottle at a
Frenchman in the Adlon hotel. In
Berlin. England has equally been
long resolved that the first opportn-
Begs Burglars Keep Out;
Nothing to Steal in Shop
BERLIN, Germany. May 8. In
those disturbed days, when
- the "revolution profiteer"
thet auocessor of the war profiteer
ftnTtiM his newly acquired
wealtfc to the face of an impov
erished populace, robberies and
burglaries in Berlin Increase at an
abnormal pace. Street signs are
full of announcements offering re
wards for the return of stolen
goods, and In one of the main busi
ness streets of Berlin a fancy
goods store displays a notice say
ing: "Gentlemen burglars are re
quested not to break open the shop
front nor to tamper with the locks.
There la nothing to steal here. All
property is removed from the shop
windows at night."
SERVANTS ASK
HIGHER WAGES
FROM ITALIANS
ROME. Italy, May 3. Something like
panic pervades the ranks of Ho
man patricians, and nobles owing
to the threatened strike of "servants
of princely Houses." These workers,
tired of being underpaid by their
aristocratic masters, have addressed
the following not undignified appeal
to the papers -
"Although all classes of workers
have bettered their condition, we
have obtained no improvement what
ever and would Uke to know how it
Is possible to lire on wages varying
from 1M to 15 lire a month ($20 to
$20 at the normal rate of exchange).
And not all families give these
princely wages. If we ask for an in
crease, our employers reply that they
give us food and lodging. We do .not
want an eight-hour day, but a living
wage on which to maintain our fam
ilies, for we see that while our em
ployers throw away thousands on
perfectly useless things, they refuse
to give us enough for the bare neces
sities of life. These are the minimum
wages which we ask: Maitre dltotel
and butler, 450 lire $4 a month;
second footman. 3Sv lire ($? a
month; third footman, J00 lire (?S9),
including food, but without wine.
It cannot be said that the demands
of these "princely domestics,'' as they
style themselves, are exaggerated, so
that It Is hoped that a strike may be
averted.
Ornate Garb Gains
Demand For Flashy Raiment Grows
LONDON, Eng., May S. Clothes
shrieking with extraordinary col
ors, adorned by designs of wild
tigers, galloping horses or flying
birds, everything unconventional and
ornate, will be worn by men and
women this spring. The Bradford
textile merchants are bewildered at
the demands for extraordinary cloth
ing designs that are now being made
of them.
There is evidence of a violent re
action from the comparatively somber
shades which have characterised both
men's and women's dress during the
dark days of the war Men who have
worn khaki for years are evincing a
desire for something brighter, and
with the necessity for wearing mourn
ing imposed on almost every family
In the land, the womanfotk have re
mained under painful restraint in re
gard to the use of the brighter and
more becoming shades of material.
Predicts Opposite Uxtreme.
At a recent meeting of tbe Brad
ford Textile sc let which includes
all the experts in th trade some re
mar tb e piopheci" w ere made aboi t
(omiiitr fashion It v as le. artd bv
tn .-t p. - tl a thf i,ns p i ted n
a reactio i o th- int c i tr -e of
the i roiling 3 i b fs aura J
GRABBING
nity must be taken to show France
her Isolation.
Plenty of Quarrel Reasons.
Why? There are two principal
reasons. In the first place, the two
great powers of western Europe are
hopelessly at variance throughout tbe
whole Mediterranean world. Each
seeks territory and spheres of Influ
ence claimed by the other; material
exists from the Caucasus to the
Sahara to cause not one, but hun
dred European wars. If anybody
wanted to fight which nobody does
As always: with victorious coalitions
throughout history England and
Franee have found it Impossible to
divide the enormous spoils without a
row.
But much deeper than this goes the
fundamental ca.use of the rupture
This second reases would be enough,
even without any trouble in the east,
to break the entente.
It takes more than the greatest
world war to alter the historic for
eign political policy of England. That
policy is bound, up with the balance
of power on the continent- England
interferes when, and only, when, that
balance i threatened. She eaters a
continental coalition only when she
sees that some power is growing so
strong that it threatens to dominate
the continent, and thus become a men
ace to British, world power and Eng
land's island security
An "Unconscious Motive.
In past centuries B-focJt Span
the Netherlands and France fw Vtm
reasons. In our oecttnry she fought
Germany. But the naval and com
mercial menace to Britain of German
competition has been removed, nor do
German armies appear likely to over
run Europe. Now that England real
izes these thins, she tends to sink
back into her old apathy and indif
ference to rivalries on the continent.
There Is only one military power left
in Europe apart from Ijeni.n and
that is France,
It would be unfair to this country
to go further, and say that because
Franco is the strongest military pow
er in the west, she must not become
too strong In the British view I do
not beUeve that with most Britons
this traditional balance of power pel
icy. that has led the country to make
friends and enemies in turn with all
European countries, operates as a
conscious motive. But it is not less
determinant for being unconscious.
Englishmen are called hypocrites
because they always discoer excel
lent moral reasons for favoring the
weaker side against the stronger in
any European quarrel, is the real In
terests of the balance of power And
Germany is now the weaker slde.
The British attitude toward France
may be described as one of increas
ing exasperaoon. mere are not a
thousand Englishmen," a great liberal
editor told me. "who would volun
teer for service if the French provo
cation toward Germany caused a pop
ular rising against the Inva-er No
government would dare bris in con
scription for such a wa Conse
quently, France by her own actions
has forfeited all possible support
from this country. She is indeed iso
lated, but her isolation is of her on
doing."
England Is Throngl-
That analysts I believe to be sound
No doubt diplomacy will compose, on
the surface, the present quarrel be
tween the two governments. But tie
great salient overwhelming fact re
mains that the Anglo-French alliance
is no longer operative. It is ruptured
because if France gets into any quar
rel with Germany, will net
go to the help of France, and no soft
words, no promises, can alter that
face
Everywhere In the last few days I
have heard the bitterest comment at
the use of Moroccan and Senegalese
negroes by the French in the occupa
tion of German towns. This chango
in sympathy has not come suddenly
but it became apparent only when the
French occupied Frankfort and fir" J
on German mobs in the streets.
English people do no do justice to
the French point of view hih in
previous dispatches from Paris I hae
axnlained: the fear of France that a
more populous and more efficient Ger
many may overwneun ner in tne xu
( Continued en page S3, column X'
Favor In London;
there were in arocess of manufacture
clothes designed in Jazs stripes.
cubist cheeks, and post-impressionist
figures.
While some examples of these re
markable cloths provide a not ur
pleasant Impression, there are others
it would be difficult to appreciate
adequately except by people with a
highly developed sense of the "artistic-One
manufacturer of dress good
when questioned on the subject, said
there was no doubt that a violent re
action in taste was developing In re
gard to textile materials.
Stationary and Formal.
"Up to the present a large part of
designs In textiles has bees station
ary and formal," he said.
'Every designer formerly obtained
his effects from something still a
bird sitting on & bough, a column ot
some other conventional device. The
tendency of the post-impressionist
movement, which has Its otar-es
among the creators of materials for
clothes, is to create in their defies
a feeling of movement.
Th 's, he declared "is o-? -
keeping with the peculiar rst2e r ss
wh th aiptars to be tie res t of M
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